Word: 块 (kuài)

下巴底下垫块砖,有口难张

xiàba dǐxia diàn kuài zhuān,yǒu kǒu nán zhāng

a brick under the chin: hard to open the mouth

二分钱买块糖，小甜头儿

èrfēn qián mǎi kuài táng, xiǎo tián tóur

buying a piece of candy with two fen: a little sweetness

人人头上顶块天

rénrén tóushàng dǐng kuài tiān

everyone carries a piece of sky on their head

他一个月支出两千块。

Tā yí gè yuè zhīchū liǎng qiān kuài.

He spends two thousand yuan a month.

他丢了块肉给一条狗。

Tā diū le kuài ròu gěi yìtiáo gǒu.

He threw a piece of meat to a dog.

他买手机花了一万块钱。

Tā mǎi shǒujī huāle yí wàn kuài qián.

He spent ten thousand yuan on a phone.

他交了五百块的罚金。

Tā jiāole wǔbǎi kuài de fájīn.

He paid a fine of five hundred yuan.

他从未踩过那块地毯。

Tā cóngwèi cǎi guò nà kuài dìtǎn.

He never stepped on that rug.

他敲诈老板一万块钱。

Tā qiāozhà lǎobǎn yí wàn kuài qián.

He extorted ten thousand yuan from the boss.

他每月要还抵押贷款五千块。

Tā měiyuè yào hái dǐyādàikuǎn wǔ qiān kuài.

He has to pay five thousand yuan on his mortgage loan every month.

他砍价砍掉了一百块钱。

Tā kǎnjià kǎn diào le yìbǎi kuài qián.

He haggled and knocked one hundred yuan off the price.

他还惦记着那块蛋糕呢。

Tā hái diànjìzhe nà kuài dàngāo ne.

He's still thinking about that piece of cake.

他这几年累计捐了十万块钱。

Tā zhè jǐnián lěijì juānle shíwàn kuài qián.

Over these years he has donated one hundred thousand yuan in total.

你可以借十块钱给我吗？

Nǐ kěyǐ jiè shí kuài qián gěi wǒ ma?

Could you lend me ten dollars?

你把种子种在哪块地里了？

Nǐ bǎ zhǒngzi zhǒng zài nǎ kuài dìlǐ le?

Which field did you plant the seeds in?

你现在有几块电池呀？

Nǐ xiànzài yǒu jǐ kuài diànchí ya?

How many batteries do you have right now?

再平的路，也会有几块石头

zài píng de lù, yě huì yǒu jǐ kuài shítou

even the smoothest road has a few stones

出租车司机宰了我一百块。

Chūzūchē sījī zǎile wǒ yìbǎi kuài.

The taxi driver overcharged me by a hundred yuan.

办理这个证件需要一百块手续费。

Bànlǐ zhège zhèngjiàn xūyào yìbǎi kuài shǒuxùfèi.

Getting this document processed costs a hundred yuan in fees.

劳驾, 把这十块钱换成零钱。

Láojià, bǎ zhè shí kuài qián huànchéng língqián.

Could you change this ten dollar bill, please?

十五块布头儿做衣服，七拼八凑

shíwǔ kuài bù tóur zuò yīfu, qīpīnbācòu

making clothes from fifteen scraps of cloth: seven pieced, eight patched together

她把两块布缝合在一起。

Tā bǎ liǎng kuài bù fénghé zài yìqǐ.

She sewed the two pieces of cloth together.

好，一千块，成交！

Hǎo, yì qiān kuài, chéngjiāo!

All right, a thousand yuan, deal!

妈妈正在把两块布缝合在一起。

Māma zhèngzài bǎ liǎng kuài bù fénghé zài yìqǐ.

My mom is sewing two pieces of cloth together.

快刀不磨是块铁

kuài dāo bù mó shì kuài tiě

a sharp knife left unhoned is just a lump of iron

我付了他五块美元。

Wǒ fùle tā wǔ kuài měiyuán.

I paid him five dollars.

我们一共才有两百块钱，完全不够。

Wǒmen yígòng cái yǒu liǎng bǎi kuài qián, wánquán búgòu.

Altogether we've only got two hundred kuai. It's nowhere near enough.

我们一共才有500块钱，完全不够。

Wǒmen yígòng cái yǒu wǔbǎi kuài qián, wánquán búgòu.

Altogether we've only got 500 bucks - it's not enough at all.

我再拿块毛巾过来。

Wǒ zài ná kuài máojīn guòlái.

I'll bring one more towel.

我吃了三块蛋糕。

Wǒ chīle sān kuài dàngāo.

I ate three pieces of cake.

我将给儿子买块手表。

Wǒ jiāng gěi érzi mǎi kuài shǒubiǎo.

I'll buy a watch for my son.

我把那三块水果吃了。

Wǒ bǎ nà sān kuài shuǐguǒ chīle.

I ate the three pieces of fruit.

我每个星期有二十块零花钱。

Wǒ měige xīngqī yǒu èrshí kuài línghuāqián.

I get twenty yuan in pocket money every week.

我用三块钱买了那本书。

Wǒ yòng sān kuài qián mǎile nà běn shū.

I paid 3 dollars for the book.

我算了算，这次旅行要花大概一万块人民币。

Wǒ suànle suàn, zhècì lǚxíng yào huā dàgài yí wàn kuài rénmínbì.

I've calculated that I'll spend about ten thousand RMB on this trip.

我给你五块钱吧。

Wǒ gěi nǐ wǔ kuài qián ba.

I'll give you five dollars.

我要给你买块手表。

Wǒ yào gěi nǐ mǎi kuài shǒubiǎo.

I'm going to buy you a watch.

我跟她借了五百块钱。

Wǒ gēn tā jièle wǔbǎi kuài qián.

I borrowed five hundred dollars from her.

房租在内，一共两千块。

Fángzū zàinèi, yígòng liǎng qiān kuài.

Including the rent, it comes to two thousand yuan.

把蛋糕切成八块。

Bǎ dàngāo qiēchéng bā kuài.

Cut the cake into eight pieces.

没关系，随便哪块。

Méiguānxi, suíbiàn nǎ kuài.

Don't matter, whichever piece is fine.

现在付款可以便宜二十块。

Xiànzài fùkuǎn kěyǐ piányi èrshí kuài.

If you pay now, you can save twenty yuan.

租自行车要先交一百块押金。

Zū zìxíngchē yào xiān jiāo yìbǎi kuài yājīn.

To rent a bike, you first have to pay a one-hundred-yuan deposit.

苹果和香蕉总共三十块。

Píngguǒ hé xiāngjiāo zǒnggòng sānshí kuài.

The apples and bananas come to thirty yuan in total.

请用刀把蛋糕割成六块。

Qǐng yòng dāobà dàngāo gē chéng liù kuài.

Please cut the cake into six pieces with a knife.

豆浆加盐后会凝聚成块。

Dòujiāng jiā yán hòu huì níngjù chéng kuài.

Soy milk coagulates into lumps after salt is added.

这件衣服原价两百块。

Zhè jiàn yīfu yuánjià liǎng bǎi kuài.

This piece of clothing was originally two hundred yuan.

这本书一百零八块钱。

Zhè běn shū yìbǎi líng bā kuài qián.

This book costs one hundred and eight yuan.

这次比赛，我们队拿了三块奖牌。

Zhècì bǐsài, wǒmen duì nále sān kuài jiǎngpái.

In this competition, our team won three medals.

这趟来回的车费一共两百块。

Zhè tàng láihuí de chēfèi yígòng liǎng bǎi kuài.

The fare for this return journey is two hundred yuan in total.

这顿饭人均不到一百块钱。

Zhè dùnfàn rénjūn búdào yìbǎi kuài qián.

This meal cost less than a hundred yuan per person.

那台电脑是三千块买的。

Nà tái diànnǎo shì sānqiān kuài mǎi de.

That computer cost 3000 kuai.

那块地荒了好几年了。

Nà kuài de huāngle hǎojǐnián le.

That field has been left uncultivated for several years.

那块地被人强占多年了。

Nà kuài de bèi rén qiángzhàn duōnián le.

That piece of land has been forcibly occupied for years.

那块巧克力里面有坚果吗？

Nà kuài qiǎokèlì lǐmiàn yǒu jiānguǒ ma?

Does that chocolate bar have nuts in it?

那块招牌被大风吹掉了。

Nà kuài zhāopai bèi dàfēngchuī diào le.

That signboard was blown off by the strong wind.

那有两块蛋糕。

Nà yǒu liǎng kuài dàngāo.

There were two cakes.

那里有八块小圆石。

Nàli yǒu bā kuài xiǎo yuán shí.

There were eight pebbles there.

饿了就先吃块面包垫底。

Èle jiù xiān chī kuài miànbāo diàndǐ.

If you're hungry, eat a piece of bread first to tide you over.

麻袋片儿做龙袍，不是那块料

mádàipiānr zuò lóngpáo, bú shì nà kuài liào

Making a dragon robe from sacking: not the right material